Jiri Kylian timeline
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Birth of Jiri Kylian in Prague
- Father: Vaclav (a banker)
- Mother: Marketa (a young dance protege who sold out theatres at age 10)Acrobatic school:
- He was sent to a school specialising in acrobatics
- His first love was circus
- When the acrobatic school closed his mother took him to his first dance performanceBallet school :
Age 9 became a student at National Ballet PragueHe was accepted as a student to the Prague Conservatory.
- Here he encountered one of his mentors, teacher and former dancer Zora Šemberová, "who left a deep mark in Jiří's professional development".
- At the conservatory Kylián made his first steps as a choreographer with Nine Eighth's, choreographed to jazz music, and Quartet, to music by Béla Bártok.Kylián received a scholarship to study at the Royal Ballet School in London.
- Kylián met choreographer John Cranko, who offered him to join the Stuttgart Ballet.He joined the Stuttgart Ballet (Germany) and worked under John Cranko, where he began to work as a choreographer.At Stuttgart Ballet Kylián started choreographing with Paradox, Kommen und Gehen.Kylián was appointed Artistic co-director of Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT)Appointed to Arisitic Director of NederlandsHe resigned as Artistic Director and became a Artistic advisor and guest choreographer with NDTHe resigned from NDTHe choreographed Stamping groundHe choreograhed SarabandeHe choreographed falling angels
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